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MACHINE FOR SEALING NEWSPAPERS. No. 285,337. Patented Sept. 18, 1883.

IIT T UNITED STATES PATENT Qrricn.

JAMES H. WOODARD, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR or ONE- HALF TOJOSEPH w. snnnwoon, or SAME rLAcE.

-'- MACHIN E FO R SEALING NEWSPAPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,337, datedSeptember 18, 1883.

' Application filed June 11,1883.' No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES H. \VooDAnD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented an Improved Machine for Sealing Newspapers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a machine for sealing the free edges of anewspaper or other folded publication.

The object of my invention is to rapidly cut, fold, and paste over thefree edges of folded newspapers short narrow strips of paper for thepurpose of indicating to the publisher whether papers returned to him byhis agents as unsold have been unfolded.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a partial plan, and Fig. 3 is apartial elevation.

Like figures indicate the sameparts in all the views.

a is a long narrow strip of paper coiled on a reel, 1).

c is a dish for containing paste.

dis a grooved roll mounted in suitable bearings in frame 6, so as torevolve and to dip into the paste in dish 0. Roll (1 corresponds inlength to the width of strip a, and the groove y therein is for thepurpose of applying the paste along the edges of a and leaving thecenter unpasted.

f is a feed-roll for drawing strip a from the reel.

. his an idler-roll, shorter than groove 9 in in roll d, and restingagainst feed-rollf, which is secured to a shaft, j is a ratchet-wheel,also secured to the same shaft.

7c is an arm turning loosely on shaft 2', and having a pawl, Z, pivotedthereto and adapted to engage ratchet-wheel j.

m is a folded newspaper, which is pushed forward over the table a by afriction-wheel, 0, whichis mounted on a shaft, 1), having bearings inmain frame A. The periphery of wheel 0 is cut away from 1 to 2sufficiently to'clear paper an. qis aface-plate, also secured to shaft11. It is provided with a wrist-pin, 1', which is connected with arm isby connecting-rod s.

w forward and the strip is cut in two.

1!, t are rollers extending from side to side of frame A, and driven bya belt, a, from a pulley secured to shaftp, and shown in dotted linesbeyond wheel 0.

o is a sliding knife-bar carrying a cuttingedge at 'w. Said knife-bar.is forced forward by a tappet, 00, secured to shaft 1), and is re.tracted by a spring, y. 3 is aflat spring resting 011 strip a, andacting as a brake to keep said strip taut.

The operation of my machine is as follows:-

Strip a is drawn over roll (1, receiving therefrom paste along itsedges, and then drawn downward between rolls f and h till the endreaches below knife w. Power is applied in any suitable manner to turnshaftp and wheel 0 inthe direction indicated by the arrow. \Vhile thesmaller diameter of wheel 0 is opposite table n a newspaper, folded inthe man ner usual when sent to news agents, is laid upon the table, withthe free or outer edges under the center of wheel 0. \Vhen the largerdiameter of the wheel comes opposite the table, the paper is caught andslid forward on the table. At the same time, feed-roll f is partiallyrevolved by means of face-plate q, eonnecting-rod 8, arm 70, pawl Z, andratchet-wheel j, thus drawing strip a downward till the lower end isabout two and onehalf inches below the knife. As soon as the downwardmovement of the strip is complete tappet a: forces knife At the sameinstant, the edges of the paper or come in contact with the portion cutoff at about the center of its length and thrust it forward betweenrollers tf, which ,grip the paper and draw it through between them,doubling the strip over the edges of and pressing it down upon thepaper, where it adheres.- Paper m cannot now be unfolded without tearingthe strip at the fold.

It is desirable in some cases to print upon the sealing-strip the nameof the paper or some other distinguishing mark. For this purposefeed-roll f has type out in its periphery, as seen in Fig. 2, and anink-fountain, B, and distributing-rolls z z are provided.

I claim as my invention- A machine for sealing the free edges of foldedpapers, consisting of the following elements:

' a main frame, a table mounted on said frame,

means for sliding a folded newspaper horizontally 011 said table, meansfor feeding at regular intervals a narrow strip of paper from acontinuous roll in front of the advancing edge of said newspaper, meansfor applying paste to one side of said strip of paper, means for cuttingsuccessive portions from said strip, and

means for folding said out portion over the IO edges of and pressing itupon the said newspaper, all constructed and combined substantially asshown and described. 1

JAMES H. XVOODARD.

lVitn esses DANIEL IHACAULEY, H. P. I-Ioon.

